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CAMBRIDGE : 

CHARLES W. SEVER. 

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1885. 



OPEN TO VISITORS. 



PAGE. 



COLLEGE LIBRARY (GORE HALL) . 13 

BOYLSTON HALL 13 

MEMORIAL HALL t; 

MUSEUM OF COMP. ZOOLOGY . . 28 

PEABODY MUSEUM ....... 27 

BOTANIC GARDEN 34 



Copyright, 1885, 
by charlbs w. sever. 



W. H. WHEELER, PRINTER. 



CONTENTS. 



Annex. 36 

Appleton Chapel. 16 

Arnold Arboretum, 39 

Athletics. 44 

Austin Hall. 31 

Beck Hall. 33 

Boating. 45 

Botanic Garden. 34 

Boylston Hall. 13 

BussEY Institution. 39 
Busts in Memorial 

Hall. 24 

Class Day. 40 

College House. 31 

College Library. 13 

Commencement Day. 43 

Corporation. 50 

Dane Hall. ii 

Dental School. 38 

Dining Hall. 20 

Divinity Hall. 26 
Episcopal Theological 

School. 35 

Felton Hall. 34 

Gore Hall. 13 

Graduates' Hall. 31 

Grays Hall. 12 

Gymnasium. 30 
Harvard College, 

Sketch of. 5 

Harvard Hall. 7 

Harvard Statue. 26 
Hemenway Gymnasium. 30 

Herbarium. 34 

Hilton Block. 33 

HoLDEN Chapel. 9 

HoLLis Hall. 8 

Holworthy Hall. 9 



32 



Holyoke House. 
Jefferson Physical 

Laboratory. 29 
Lawrence Scientific 

School. 30 

Libraries. 47 

Little's Block. 32 

Massachusetts Hall. 7 

Matthews Hall. ii 

Medical School. 37 

Memorial Hall. 17 
Museum of Comp. 

Zoology. 28 

Observatory. 35 
Old President's 

House. 12 
Overseers. 50 
Peabody Museum. 27 
Portraits in Memo- 
rial Hall. 21 
President and 

Fellows. 50 
Presidents since the 

Foundation, 49 
Professors and other 

Officers. 52 

Sanders Theatre. 19 

Sever Hall. 16 

Societies. 48 

Stoughton Hall. 8 
Students, Number of. 46 

Thayer Hall. 10 
University Bookstore. 32 

University Hall. 10 

Veterinary School. 38 

Wadsworth House. 12 

Weld Hall. ii 



How to md| Hai'VaM doIlBge fPom Boston. 



Take any horse car marked Harvard Square^ 
or Harvard University^ either at Bowdoin Square 
(Revere House), or at Park Square (Providence 
Station), and after a pleasant ride of thirty minutes 
you will arrive at the college. 



Before the visitor starts on his walk through the 
college he will, of course, wish to know something 
of its history. 

The college was founded in 1636 by vote of the 
General Court of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay 
and £400 was appropriated for the purpose. Dur- 
ing the next year it was ordered that the college be 
established at Newtown, the name of which was 
soon changed to Cambridge, in recognition of the 
University in Cambridge, England, where many of 
the colonists had been educated. In 1638, John 
Harvard, a young clergyman who had but recently 
arrived in the colony, died and bequeathed to the 
college his library of 300 volumes, and about 700 
pounds sterling. This munificent bequest assured 



6 VISITOR'S GUIDE TO 

the success of the undertaking, and the institution 
was opened the same year under the name of 
Harvard College. From a small beginning the 
college has increased from yeiw to year in strength 
and usefulness, and now, inider the wise administra- 
tion of President Eliot, is fast approaching the stand- 
ard of the older English Universities. 

The government of the University is vested in a 
corporation called the "President and Fellows of 
Harvard College" (consisting of the President, five 
Fellows, and the Treasurer), and the Board of 
Overseers. The President and Fellows have the 
right to fill vacancies in the Corporation, and the 
Board of Overseers, consisting of 30 members, are 
chosen by the ballots of the Alumni of the Univer- 
sity. At the present time there are in all depart- 
ments of the University 178 instructors, 29 other 
officers, and 1595 students. Since its foundation 
the University has conferred degrees upon 15,000 
persons. 

And now, supposing the visitor ready to begin 
his tour, we propose to guide him, as far as 
possible, by a consecutive route to all that is worth 
seeing ; and for this purpose our most convenient 
starting point will be the main gate opposite to the 
First Parish (Unitarian) Church. 



HARVARD COLLEGE. 



MASSACHUSETTS HALL, 

The building on the right on entering the grounds, 
is the oldest college building now remaining. It 
was erected in 1720, and was used as a dormitory 
until 1870, when its i^iterior was reconstructed, and it 
now consists of two large halls, the upper hall being 
used for examinations, and the lower one for the 
meeting of the Alumni on Commencement Day, 
and the election of the Board of Overseers. At the 
beginning of the Revolution this building was occu- 
pied by the American soldiers as barracks. 



HARVARD HALL, 

At the left of the gate, was built in 1765 at the 
expense of the Province ; the original building hav- 
ing been burned in 1764 while the General Court 
was in session here during the prevalence of small- 
pox in Boston. This hall has been used for a 
variety of purposes, containing at times the chapel, 
the library, commons hall, philosophical apparatus, 
mineralogical cabinet, etc. It is now devoted to 
lecture rooms and the botanical department. The 



8 VISITOR'S GUIDE TO 

bell on the building, under the skilful manipulation 
of Mr. Jones, calls the students to morning prayers 
and hourly recitations ; and during its long service in 
this capacity it has had a precarious existence ; 
suffering often from coats of paint and other indig- 
nities administered by midnight visitors, who 
hoped to muffle its tones and thus be able to pro- 
long their morning nap. 

Continuing to the left we next come to 

HOLLIS HALL, 

Erected in 1763, and named in honor of the Hollis 
family, who for many years were benefactors to the 
college. It is a four-storied brick building, contains 
thirty-two rooms, and has always been used as a 
dormitory. It was seriously damaged by fire 
January 26, 1876. 
The next building is 

STOUGHTON HALL, 

Built in 1805. The first hall of this name was 
erected in 1700 by William Stoughton, a graduate 
of the college. The present building is of brick, 



HARVARD COLLEGE. 9 

four stories high, contains thirty-two rooms, and is 
used as a dormitory. It was slightly damaged by 
fire December 15, 1879. 

Passing between Stoughton and Hollis halls we 
approach 

HOLDEN CHAPEL, 

Named after the family of Samuel Holden, who 
gave £400 to erect a chapel for the college. It was 
built in 1744 and was used as a chapel for many 
years, afterwards as a lecture hall and dissecting 
room by the medical department, and is now occu- 
pied by the department of elocution. The Holden 
coat of arms will be seen on the end of the building. 
The large tree in the area near Holden Chapel is 
called the Class Day tree, and under its spreading 
branches succeeding classes have held their closing 
Class Day exercises. 

Retracing our steps, next beyond Stoughton 
Hall is 



HOLWORTHY HALL, 

Named for Sir Matthew Holworthy, an English 
merchant, v^ho bequeathed £1000 to the college 



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in 1678. It is a brick building, four stories in 
height, was erected in 1813, improved in 1871, and 
contains twenty-four suites of double rooms. 
The next building to the right is 

THAYER HALL, 

Built in 1870, the gift of Nathaniel Thayer of Bos- 
ton, in memory of his father. Rev. Nathaniel 
Thayer, D. D., and of his brother, John Eliot 
Thayer. It is a brick building four and five stories 
high, is used as a dormitory, and contains sixty- 
eight suites of rooms. Next comes 

UNIVERSITY HALL, 

Built in 1 815. It is a plain, white granite building 
and originally contained the chapel and the com- 
mons dining halls, the basement being used as a 
kitchen. Other portions of the building furnished 
the principal recitation rooms for the college. It 
now contains recitation rooms, a large examina- 
tion room, and the offices of the President, the 
Dean, the Secretary, and Registrar. The next 
building is 



HARVARD COLLEGE. II 



WELD HALL, 



Built in 1872 by William F. Weld in memory of 
his brother, Stephen Minot Weld. It is of brick, 
five stories in height, contains fifty-four suits of 
rooms, and is one of the most elegant dormitories 
in the college grounds. Opposite to Weld Hall 
across the quadrangle is 



MATTHEWS HALL, 

Built in 1872, a gift from Nathan Matthews, of 
Boston. It is a five-storied brick building, contains 
sixty suites of rooms and is the most ornamental of 
all the college dormitories. 

The building facing on the street to the south is 

DANE HALL, 

Erected in 1832 and enlarged in 1845. It received 
its name from Nathan Dane, of Beverly, Mass., a 
distinguished jurist w^ho advanced money to the 
college for the erection of the building. Until 
1883, v^hen Austin Hall was completed, it was 



12 VISITOR'S GUIDE TO 

occupied by the Law department. In 187 1 the 
building was moved about seventy feet to make 
room for Matthews Hall. It is now used for reci- 
tation rooms. To the southeast is 



WADSWORTH HOUSE, 

Or, as it is better known to the older graduates, the 
old President's House. It was built in 1726 and 
received its name from President Wadsworth who 
was its first occupant. It was the home of succes- 
sive presidents until 1849, since which time it has 
been used as a dormitory for instructors and stu- 
dents. General Washington had his headquarters 
here in 1775 before occupying the Craigie house. 
The brick portion at the rear is now used as offices 
for the Bursar and the College Printer. 

Returning to the quadrangle we next come to 



GRAYS HALL, 

A five-storied brick building erected in 1863 by the 
corporation. It commemorates the munificence of 
Francis C. Gray, John C. Gray, and William Gray, 
all of whom have been most liberal benefactors to 



HARVARD COLLEGE. 1 3 

the college. The building contains fifty-two 
suites of rooms for students. Continuing on we next 
come to 



BOYLSTON HALL, 

Erected in 1857 ^^^^ enlarged in 1871. The cost 
of construction was derived in part from a fund 
given by Ward Nicholas Boylston of Boston. The 
building is of Rockport granite with a mansard 
roof, and is most solidly constructed. It contains . 
the chemical laboratories, lecture rooms, and the 
mineralogical cabinet. Under the active super- 
vision of Professor J. P. Cooke, the chemical in- 
vestigations conducted here during the summer 
vacation attract a large number of school teachers 
and other students, for whom a special course of 
study is given. One of the most valuable collec- 
tions of Meteorites in the world will be found here. 
The building is of en to visitors. We next come to 



GORE HALL, 

Containing the College Library. The building is 
of Quincy granite, and was erected in 1841 from 



14 VISITOR'S GUIDE TO 

funds bequeathed by Christopher Gore. It is of 
the Gothic style of architecture and was originally 
in the form of a Latin cross, the nave being 140 
feet in length, and the transepts 81 J feet; the four 
corners of the nave surmounted by octagonal tow- 
ers 80 feet high. In 1876 the east transept was 
extended 80 feet, to accommodate the increasing 
number of books. The entrance is at the south 
side of the east transept. The cross above the 
entrance was brought away from Louisbourg by the 
Massachusetts troops after the siege of that place in 
1745' The main body of the old building is used 
as a reading-room, and the new extension contains 
the delivery room, book stack, art room, and rooms 
for the librarian and his assistants. The book 
stack is constructed of brick and iron and is said to 
be fire-proof. Any orderly person may use the 
reading-room during library hours, and the casual 
visitor will find much to interest him in the art 
room, which is reached by a flight of iron stairs 
from the delivery room (the first room on enter- 
ing) ; and here in glass cases will be seen many 
rare and curious books, among which may be 
mentioned : Eliof s Indian Bible ; John Bunyan's 
Bible with his autograph ; Burns' "Scots wha hae" 



HARVARD COLLEGE. 1 5 

in the author's handwriting ; a copy of Ossian's 
poems once owned by Byron with his (Byron's) 
notes ; Pope's Essay on Man "with the author's man- 
uscript notes ; Milton's copy of Pindar, and Sam 
Johnson's copy of Plautus, with autograph notes by 
the distinguished owners. In a little album pre- 
sented to the library by Hon. Charles Sumner will 
be seen the autograph of John Milton. Here, also, 
will be found manuscripts on parchment dating from 
the eighth to the fifteenth centuries, many of them 
elegantly illuminated ; also a chained monastic 
manuscript with the remains of the chain strongly 
riveted to the oaken side of the book. In other 
parts of this room will be seen Audubon's birds of 
North America ; a plaster cast taken from the face 
of Oliver Cromwell after his death ; a book made 
from the wood of the Washington Elm ; a set of 
Roman coins, and the photograph albums of grad- 
uates of the college from 1853 to the present time. 
The library now contains 230,000 volumes and 
is without doubt the first library in the country, 
although not the largest. It is particularly rich in 
Americana, Folk Lore, and Philology ; and its rich 
store of books can be freely consulted, not only by 
those connected with the college, but by any person 
desirous of availing himself of its advantages. In 



1 6 VISITOR'S GUIDE TO 

1877 Mr. Justin Winsor was appointed librarian, 
and since that time the library has increased its 
usefulness a hundred-fold, and has become the 
resort of scholars fro nl all sections of the country. 
During the college term the library is open every 
week-day from g till 3 o'clock^ on Sundays from 

1 till S^ <^f^d in the college vacations from g till 

2 o'clock. 

On the northeast side of the library is 

SEVER HALL, 

Erected in t88o, through the munificence of Mrs. 
Anne E. P. Sever, who gave $100,000 for the pur- 
pose. It is built of brick of elaborate design, and 
contains the most elegant and best appointed reci- 
tation and lecture rooms in the college. 
A few steps beyond Sever Hall is 

APPLETON CHAPEL, 

Named in honor of Samuel Appleton who be- 
queathed $50,000 for the erection of a chapel. It 
is constructed of Nova Scotia sandstone and was 
completed in 1858. Here the students assemble 
daily for morning prayers, and, during a portion of 
the year, Sunday evening services are held, con- 



HARVARD COLLEGE. 1 7 

ducted by distinguished clergymen of the various 
denominations. 

The houses on the east side of the college grounds 
are the property of the University, and are occupied 
by college professors ; the President's house being 
the two-storied brick one with mansard roof on the 
high ground near Gore Hall. 

The attention of the visitor having been directed 
to all the buildings within the so-called "college 
yard," we will now conduct him to such as lie 
without the college enclosure. Leaving the 
grounds near Appleton Chapel we see before us 
the magnificent outlines of 

MEMORIAL HALL, 

Erected by the alumni of the University in honor of 
the sons of Harvard who fell in defence of the 
Union. The building is constructed of brick and 
sandstone, the total length being 305 feet, and 
width of transept 113 feet. It consists of the Din- 
ing Hall on the west, the Memorial Transept in the 
centre, and Sanders Theatre on the east. The 
Dining Hall and Memorial Transept were completed 
in 1874. Sanders Theatre, named in honor of 
Charles Sanders, whose gift and bequest of about 
sixty thousand dollars materially aided the building 



1 8 VISITOR'S GUIDE TO 

of the hall, was completed in 1S76. The central 
division is surmounted by a tower rising to a height 
of 190 feet, and in the gables over the windows of 
Sanders Theatre are colossal busts of Demosthenes, 
Cicero, St. Chrysostom, Bossuet, Pitt, Burke, and 
Webster. The cloister porch at the west end is in- 
tended to contain mural tablets, and busts of 
college worthies, which will be visible through 
the open arcade of the cloister. The bust of Pres- 
ident Walker is the only one as yet placed in 
position. The entrances are at the north and south 
ends of the memorial transept. In this transept, 
which is 103 feet long, and 30 feet wide, are placed 
the marble tablets bearing the names of the ninety- 
five graduates and students who gave their lives to 
their country. On the east side is a large tablet, 
surmounting the arcade in which these names are 
enshrined, bearing the following inscription : — 

THIS HALL 

COMMEMORATES THE PATRIOTISM 

OF THE GRADUATES AND STUDENTS OF THIS UNIVERSITY 

WHO SERVED IN THE ARMY AND NAVY OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

DURING THE WAR FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE UNION 

AND UPON THESE TABLETS 

ARE INSCRIBED THE NAMES OF THOSE AMONG THEM 

WHO DIED IN THAT SERVICE. 



HARVARD COLLEGE. 1 9 

The north and south windows of stained glass are 
embellished with patriotic emblems, and the walls 
are inscribed with quotations from the classics and 
the Latin Vulgate in praise of patriotism. On the 
east side of the transept at either end is a staircase 
leading to Sanders Theatre which may also be 
entered from the level of the transept. The 
Theatre is about 100 feet in diameter, 76 feet high, 
and will seat 1300 persons. It is used for the pub- 
lic exercises of the University on Class Day and 
Commencement Day, and also, during the term, 
for public lectures and concerts. At the northerly 
side of the stage will be seen Story's statue of 
President Quincy. On the wall over the stage is a 
Latin inscription, a translation of which is here 
given : 

HERE IN THE WILDERNESS 

DID ENGLISH EXILES 

IN THE YEAR AFTER THE BIRTH OF CHRIST 

THE SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIXTH 

AND THE SIXTH AFTER THE FOUNDATION OF THEIR 

COLONY 

BELIEVING THAT WISDOM 

SHOULD FIRST OF ALL THINGS BE CULTIVATED 

BY PUBLIC ENACTMENT FOUND A SCHOOL 

AND DEDICATED IT TO CHRIST AND THE CHURCH 

INCREASED BY THE MUNIFICENCE OF JOHN HARVARD 

AGAIN AND AGAIN ASSISTED 

BY THE FRIENDS OF GOOD LEARNING 



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NOT ONLY HERE BUT ABROAD 

AND FINALLY ENTRUSTED 

TO THE CARE OF ITS OWN CHILDREN 

BROUGHT SAFELY THROUGH 

FROM SMALL BEGINNINGS TO LARGER ESTATE 

BY THE CARE AND JUDGMENT AND FORESIGHT 

OF PRESIDENTS, FELLOWS, OVERSEERS AND FACULTY 

ALL LIBERAL ARTS 

AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE VIRTUES 

IT HAS CULTIVATED, IT CULTIVATES STILL. 



"BUT THEY THAT BE WISE 

SHALL SHINE AS THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE FIRMAMENT 

AND THEY THAT TURN MANY TO RIGHTEOUSNESS 

AS THE STARS FOR EVER AND EVER." 

The inscriptions on the side walls record the munifi- 
cence of Mr. Sanders, and the date of the erection 
of the building. Leaving Sanders Theatre and 
crossing the transept w^e enter the grand Dining 
Hall, w^hich is 149 feet long, 60 feet w^ide, and 
80 feet high. This hall furnishes dining accom- 
modations to seven hundred students during the 
term, and on Commencement Day to the assembled 
Alumni. The stained glass v^indow^s at the sides 
are memorials, placed here by the classes which 
they commemorate, and the mullioned vilest win- 
dow is ornamented with the arms of the College, 
the State of Massachusetts, and the United States. 
On the walls will be seen portraits and busts of 
many noted personages, a list of which follows. 



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Leaving Memorial Hall, a few steps to the west 
brings us to the 

BRONZE STATUE OF JOHN HARVARD. 

This statue is purely ideal, as no portrait or other 
likeness of the founder of the college is known to 
exist. It was designed by Daniel C. French, of 
Concord, Mass., and was unveiled with becoming 
ceremonies on October 15, 1884. It was a gift to 
the college from Samuel J. Bridge. 

Leaving the Harvard statue we pass to the north 
side of Memorial Hall, and continuing on a short 
distance down Kirkland Street, on the left we come 
to Divinity Avenue. Following the Avenue, on 
the right is 

DIVINITY HALL, 

A modest looking brick building, erected in 1826 
by the Society for the Promotion of Theological 
^Education in Harvard University. This hall is 
devoted to the Theological department and contains 
a chapel, lecture rooms, a reading room, a library 
of 20,000 volumes, and thirty-seven rooms for stu- 



HARVARD COLLEGE. 27 

dents. It is hoped the coming year (1885-86) to 
erect a fire-proof addition to the building to accom- 
modate the valuable library. 

Crossing the avenue we come to 



THE PEABODY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN 
ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY, 

Erected in 1877 from funds given in 1866 by 
George Peabody, of London. The Museum is 
devoted to the formation of collections of Amer- 
ican archaeology and ethnology. The present 
building is one-fifth of the contemplated structure, 
and consists of four rooms and four galleries, and 
contains collections made by the late Prof. JeflTries 
Wyman, others transferred from the Museum of 
Zoology, the Boston Athenaeum, Boston Society 
of Natural History, Mass. Historical Society, 
Boston Marine Society, and many valuable collec- 
tions added by purchase or gift. Among other 
objects of interest may be mentioned collections 
from the mound-builders and cave-dwellers, from 
ancient and modern Pueblos ; specimens of pottery 
from the Indians of North and South America ; 



28 VISITOR'S GUIDE TO 

collections from China, Japan, and the Pacific 
Islands, and a small Eg3'ptian collection. 

The museu7n is open to the fublic from g till 5 
every week-day. 

A few steps beyond the Peabody Museum is 

THE MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE 
ZOOLOGY, 

Erected in i860 from funds granted by the legisla- 
ture of Massachusetts, and contributions from per- 
sons interested in science. It was enlarged in 
1 871, and again in 1880, and when completed will 
extend to the Peabody Museum, which will form 
its southern wing. 

Through the efforts of Professor Louis Agassiz, 
continued by the munificence of his son, Alexander 
Agassiz, one of the most valuable zoological col- 
lections in the world is here preserved. The rooms 
open to the public contain collections of mammals, 
birds, reptiles, fishes, mollusks, Crustacea and in- 
sects, and the faunal collections of North and South 
America. The building is well supplied with 
lecture rooms, ofiices for the curator and professors, 
and a fire-proof room containing the valuable 
library of i6,cx)0 volumes. 



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The entrance is on the south side of the 
wing^ and the Museum is of en to visitors on 
week-days from, g till 5, and between May i and 
November i^ on Sundays from, i till 5. 

Leaving the Museum grounds by the western 
exit, and crossing Oxford Street, nearly opposite 
is Jarvis Field, which is the base ball ground 
of the University, and Holmes Field which is the 
place for Athletic sports generally. 

Crossing Holmes Field we approach the 



JEFFERSON PHYSICAL LABORATORY, 

Erected in 1884 through the munificence of Thomas 
Jefferson Coolidge and other friends of the Univer- 
sity. The building is of brick, four stories high, 
and contains large lecture rooms, recitation rooms, 
small rooms for special investigations, and the 
great physical laboratory. This hall was con- 
structed with special reference to stability, so that 
minute investigations with sensitive instruments 
might be carried on without disturbance. 
To the east is the 



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LAWRENCE SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL, 

Built in 1848 at the expense of Abbott Lawrence, 
of Boston. It is a three-storied brick building, 
and contains laboratories, recitation rooms, and 
rooms for the engineering department. 
To the west is the 



HEMENWAY GYMNASIUM, 

Erected in 1879 through the liberality of Augustus 
Hemenway, of Boston. It is of brick, with sand- 
stone trimmings, and is very elaborate in outside 
finish. The main hall is 119 feet long, surrounded 
by a gallery 18 feet wide, and is supplied with the 
latest and most approved apparatus for athletic 
training. On the second floor is a large room used 
by the Harvard Athletic Association as a meeting- 
room, and in the basement are the bowling alleys. 
Dr. D. A. Sargent, the director of the gymnasium, 
has established a system of physical examinations 
by which he is able to direct judiciously the exer- 
cises of each student, and by keeping a record of 
measurements, he can show each man just what his 



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physical development has been during his college 
course. 

To the northwest of the Gymnasium is 

AUSTIN HALL, 

The new Law School building, erected in 1883 at 
the expense of Edwin Austin, of Boston, in mem- 
ory of his brother Samuel Austin. This hall, built 
of sandstone, is two stories high, with wings of one 
story each, and is 220 feet long. It contains three 
lecture rooms (one of which will seat three hundred 
persons), a large reading-room, offices for the pro- 
fessors and librarian, and the book stack in which 
is the valuable law library of 21,000 volumes. 

We now return to Harvard Square. Opposite 
Dane Hall across the Square is 

COLLEGE HOUSE, 

(Formerly known as Graduates' Hall) a long, 
brick block with mansard roof, erected in 1832, 
enlarged in 1846, again in i860, and still again in 
1 87 1. The lower portion is occupied by shops, 
and the upper part, containing sixty-five rooms, is 
used as a dormitory. 

Opposite to Wadsworth House is 



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HOLYOKE HOUSE, 



Completed in 1871. It is a brick building, with 
free stone trimmings, the lower story being occu- 
pied by shops, and the upper portion containing 
forty-seven suites of rooms for students. It has all 
modern improvements, and the rooms are always 
in demand. 

Adjoining Holyoke House on the west is 

LITTLE'S BLOCK, 

Erected in 1854, extended in 1869, and re- 
modelled in 1877. This is not the property of 
the University but is owned by private individuals, 
and was built especially for the use of students. 
It is a handsome brick building, and contains 
thirty-two suites of rooms elegant in all their ap- 
pointments. The lower portion is occupied by 
shops. In this block is the 

UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE, 

Established in 1805 in a building that stood at the 
corner of Harvard and Holyoke Streets. The 



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present proprietor, Mr. Charles W. Sever, has 
been connected with the establishment for more 
than thirty years. This store has been for many 
years the principal agent in furnishing text-books to 
the students, and all supplies required for their 
work. 

At the corner of Linden and Harvard Streets is 



HILTON BLOCK, 

(Originally Dolton Block) built in 1870, enlarged 
in 1882, and again in 1885. This block is owned 
by a private individual, and contains fifty rooms 
fitted up especially for students. 

In Qiiincy Square, a short distance to the east of 
the college grounds is 

BECK HALL, 

Built in 1876, by private enterprise, to meet the 
increasing demand for rooms, which the Univer- 
sity was unable to supply. It was named in honor 
of Prof. Charles Beck, who was for many years 
University Professor of Latin. It is the most 
elegant of all the buildings occupied by students, 



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and contains twenty-eight suites of rooms, fitted 
up in the most perfect manner. 



FELTON HALL, 

Also private property, is situated on Cambridge 
Street a short distance east of Memorial Hall. It 
is named for President C. C. Felton, was built in 
1877, and contains thirty-six suites of rooms for 
students. 



THE BOTANIC GARDEN, 

Is situated on Garden Street about one half mile 
northwest of the college proper. It was established 
in 1805 and covers about seven acres of land. The 
Herbarium, erected in 1864, through the liberality 
of Nathaniel Thayer, contains a very valuable 
botanical collection and a library of 4,500 volumes. 
The lecture room and laboratory were built in 1871. 
The conservatories are large, and are divided into 
compartments so as to accommodate plants from 
the various parts of the w^orld. The Garden is 
open to visitors every day in the year. 



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THE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY 

Is nearly opposite to the Botanic Garden on an 
eminence between Garden Street and Concord 
Avenue. It \vas built in 1844 and is well equipped 
for astronomical work. The magnificent equa- 
torial telescope, with a focal length of twent}'-two 
and one-half feet and an aperture of fifteen inches, 
is here mounted. From this Observatory time 
signals are transmitted to various parts of New 
England. Visitors are not admitted to the 
Observatory. 



THE EPISCOPAL THEOLOGICAL 
SCHOOL, 

Although not a part of the organization of the 
University, is intimately connected with it. It is 
situated on Brattle Street near Mason Street, and 
consists of Reed Hall, containing the library and 
recitation rooms ; Lawrence Hall, which is the 
dormitory of the school ; Burnham Hall, the refec- 
tory ; and St. John's Memorial Chapel, which was 
given to the school for the especial accommodation 



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of Harvard students. The school was established 
in 1867, and is devoted to the preparation of 
young men for the ministry. It has five professors 
and twenty-six students, and is richly endowed. 

THE SOCIETY FOR THE COLLEGIATE 
INSTRUCTION OF WOMEN, 

Or, as it is better known, the "Annex," is a 
school for the higher education of women, estab- 
lished in 1878. Although it is not officially 
connected with the University, it offers to its 
students the same courses of study given to the 
young men, under the same instructors. The 
school has no buildings of its own, but occupies 
rooms in a private house on Appian Way, in which 
recitations are held, and where the library and 
reading-room are located. The young ladies live 
in private families in various parts of Cambridge. 
The full course occupies four years, but certificates 
are given for shorter periods of study. There are 
at present fifty-three students in the school. 



HARVARD COLLEGE. 37 



DEPARTMENTS OF THE DNIVERSITY NOT IN 
GAMBRIDGE. 



THE MEDICAL SCHOOL 

Is in Boston on Boylston Street, in the new build- 
ing erected in 1883. The school was established 
in 1782, and was for many years in Cambridge. 
It was moved to Boston at the beginning of the 
present century, occupying a building on Mason 
Street till 1846, when it was moved to North 
Grove Street, and in 1883 to its present location. 
The new building contains every convenience for 
medical study, and comprises large lecture rooms, 
fine laboratories, a museum of anatomy, and an 
anatomical theatre capable of seating two hundred 
and fifty students. There are fifty-six instructors 
and lecturers, and two hundred and forty-nine 
students in the school. 



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THE DENTAL SCHOOL, 

Established in 1868, occupies the old medical 
school building on North Grove Street, in Boston. 
During the first year the students take the same 
course of study as the medical students. A well- 
appointed laboratory and infirmary are provided, 
and every student has an opportunity of operating 
at the chair. The school has eighteen instructors 
and thirty -five students. 

THE SCHOOL OF VETERINARY 
MEDICINE 

Was established in 1883. The Hospital, situated 
on Village Street, Boston, offers every facility for 
the study and treatment of sick and disabled ani- 
mals, and has accommodations for thirty-two 
horses, thirty dogs, and a few cattle, although the 
latter are generally treated at the agricultiu*al de- 
partment on the Bussey farm. The lecture room 
will accommodate about one hundred students. 
There is a forge in the basement which is used 
both for orthopedic shoeing, and the shoeing of 
sound feet. The school has sixteen instructors and 
twenty-one students. 



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Is situated in Jamaica Plain, about five miles from 
Boston on the Boston and Providence railroad. 
It was established in 1870 from the bequest of 
Benjamin Bussey, of Roxbury. The farm com- 
prises about two hundred acres, and there is a 
large hall containing recitation rooms, a library of 
two thousand volumes, and a laboratory. The 
institution gives systematic instruction in agricul- 
ture, useful and ornamental gardening, and stock 
raising. 

THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM, 

Established in 1872 from the bequest of James 
Arnold of New Bedford, Mass., is in immediate 
connection with the Bussey Institution, and occu- 
pies a portion of the Bussey Estate. It is particu- 
larly devoted to tree culture, and the grounds are 
laid out and ornamented, forming an open park to 
which the public is freely admitted. 



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6LASS DAY. 

Class Day at Harvard is the great day of the" 
year, not only to the graduating class, but to every 
student in college, and to all the young ladies who 
are honored with an invitation to its festivities. I 
has been observed mainly in its present form sine/ 
1838. The literary exercises consist of a class or^ 
tion, a poem, an ivy oration, and a class ode whic 
is sung by the class to the tune of "Fair Hai-\'ard 
The programme is usually as follows : in the foi 
noon the members of the graduating class asseml' i 
in front of Holworthy Hall, dressed in the tra' 
tional swallow-tail coat and tall hat, and, hea<: 
by a band of music and marshalled by the n' ^; 
popular men in the class, march to the Chapel he 
prayers ; and as they pass through the quadrai ^ 
are cheered by the younger classes. After prt, ■ t 
they again form and march to Sanders The||^'^' 
where the exercises are held, and where the yMh 
and beauty of Boston and the surrounding towns 
are anxiously awaiting their coming. During the 
exercises the caterers are busily engaged in prepar- 
ing the "spreads" in the students' rooms, the Gym- 



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nasium, Sever Hall, Massachusetts Hall, society 
rooms, and in private houses. After the exercises, 
vv^hich usually occupy about two hours, the mem- 
bers of the class receive their friends in the various 
rooms. In some cases as many as a thousand invi- 
tations to one spread are sent out. During the 
afternoon the bund plays in the quadrangle, and 
there is dancing in Memorial Hall. At 5 o'clock 
he class march through the yard cheering the 
•uildings until the class tree is I'eached, where the 
losing exercises are held. The class tree is in the 
•ea formed by Holden, Hollis, and Harvard Halls, 
. id around this area are erected seats to accommo- 
te the invited guests. When the class ai-rive at 
i tree, they are received with hearty cheers by 
. ' younger classes, and much waving of handker- 
efs by the ladies ; and after cheering the Presi- 
t, the ladies, and other favorites, the class song, 
jten for the occasion, is sung. They then join 
- -is and run around the tree, the other classes 
fori ing rings outside and running in opposite di- 
rections. At a given signal from the marshal, the 
graduating class make a rush for the class wreath, 
which encircles the tree at a height of about ten 
feet from the ground. And now comes the struggle : 



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Each man is expected to win a flower from the 
wreath for his lady fair, and at length, by making 
a stepping-stone of some fellow's back, an active 
youth seizes the wreath, tears it from the tree, and 
throws it to the struggling mass below, where it 
soon vanishes to appear later as a class day trophy 
in a thousand fair hands. After the tree exercises, 
the guests are entertained in the rooms until the 
shades of evening begin to fall, when the quadrangle 
gradually assumes a fairy-like appearance. From 
the trees hang thousands of colored lanterns, and 
on the front of Holworthy Hall appears the year 
of the class in letters of light formed from gas jets ; 
under the old elms and through the wide open 
windows of the surrounding buildings are seen the 
bright dresses and happy faces of the fair guests ; 
the enchanting music of the band, the singing by the 
Glee Club, and the ever-changing picture of youth 
and beauty, — all tending to form a scene that cannot 
be described. During the evening the President 
receives the class and their friends, and there is 
dancing in Memorial Hall and the Gymnasium. 
About II o'clock the guests begin to depart, the 
colored lights are becoming dim, and at midnight 
the grounds are deserted and all is still ; and nothing 
remains of Class Day but its happy memories. 



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Sonnnencement Day. 

As Class Day is particularly devoted to the 
younger element of Harvard, so is Commencement 
Day to the older. Years ago it was celebrated by 
the inhabitants of the neighboring city and tow^ns 
as a public holiday. It is now simply the day on 
which the baccalaureate exercises of the University 
are held, and when the graduates of past years as- 
semble to renew the friendships of their youth. 
The programme of the day is as follows : in the 
morning the alumni assemble in Massachusetts Hall 
to receive the invited guests, including the Governor 
of the State, who is escorted from Boston to Cam- 
bridge by the National Lancers, a company of dra- 
goons, who have performed this service for half a 
century. A procession is formed, composed of the 
Governor and other invited guests, the Corporation 
and Board of Overseers, the various Faculties in 
their academic robes, and the past graduates in the 
order of their classes. Headed by the graduating 
class and a band of music they march to Sanders 
Theatre, where the exercises are held, consisting of 
orations, dissertations, and disquisitions by the can- 



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didates for degrees in the various departments of 
the University. At the close of the exercises the 
degrees are conferred by the President. From lo 
o'clock till 4, balloting for the Overseers is going 
on in Massachusetts Hall, and during the forenoon 
the classes hold social meetings in the college 
rooms, where mild beverages are served. At noon 
there is a meeting of the Association of the Alumni, 
after which they re-assemble and march to Memo- 
rial Hall for the Commencement Dinner, which is 
the closing feature of the day. 



Athletics at Harvard. 

Since the Hemenway Gymnasium was opened, 
and a professor of physical training appointed, ath- 
letics have received a larger amount of attention 
than before, and an athletic association has been 
formed which not only attracts men to the gym- 
nasium, but encourages out-door sports to an extent 
that sometimes threatens to become an evil ; but 
under proper control it is hoped it will eventually 
prove a great help in the physical development of 
the students. There is a base ball club, bicycle 



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club, cricket club, foot ball association, lacrosse as- 
sociation, polo club, shooting club, tennis club, and 
the boat clubs. The boat houses are situated on 
the banks of the Charles, a short distance south ol 
the college grounds. Each class has its boat club, 
and class races are held on the Charles River in 
May of each year. The University Boat Club, com- 
posed of members from all the classes, was formed 
in 1869. Its object is to encourage rowing, and 
to support a University crew, selected from the best 
oarsmen in college, to compete with Yale in the 
annual race at New London, in Connecticut. The 
race takes place in June, and for several months 
preceding the event, the crew, selected from the score 
or more of candidates, is kept to a course of train- 
ing, consisting of hard work in the gymnasium and 
hard rowing when the river opens. This race is 
the great event of the year in athletic student life, 
and attracts thousands of partisans from the two 
colleges ; the ladies wearing the colors of their 
favorite college (crimson for Harvard and blue 
for Yale), and joining, in spirit, in the fierce 
contest. 



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NUMBER OF STUDENTS BY GLASSES AND 
DEPARTMENTS. 



1884-85. 



College Students. 

Senior Class 191 

Junior Class 234 

Sophomore Class 256 

Freshman Class 255 

Special Students 70 

Total 1006 



Divinity Students 26 

Law Students 153 

Scientific Students 28 

Medical Students 249 

Dental Students 35 

Bussey Institution 6 

School of Veterinary Medicine . 21 

Graduate Department .... 70 

Whole number in all departments 1595 



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LIBRARIES. 



College Library (Gore Hall) 
Law School (Austin Hall) . . 

Divinity School 

Museum of Comp. Zoology . . 
Herbarium (Botanic Garden) 
Phillips (Observatory) .... 
Bussey Institution (Jamaica Plain) 
Lawrence Scientific School . 
Medical School (Boston) . . . 

Peabody Museum 

Total number of Volumes . . 



Volumes. 
230,000 

21,000 

16,500 
4^500 
3,200 
2,600 
2,500 
2,100 
900 
300,800 



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VISITOR'S GUIDE TO 



College Societies. 



A. D. Club. 
Alpha Delta Phi 
Ames-Gray Club. 
Art Club. 
Athenaeum. 
Athletic Association. 
Austin Club. 
Base Ball Association. 
Beta Theta Pi. 
Bicycle Club. 
Boat Club. 
Brass Band. 
Canoe Club. 
Christian Brethren. 
Co-operative Society. 
Cricket Club. 
Delta Upsilon. 
Dining Association. 
Finance Club. 
Foot Ball Association. 
Glee Club. 
Harvard Union. 
Hasty Pudding Club. 



Historical Society. 

Holmes Club. 

Institute of 1770. 

Lacrosse Association. 

Natural History Societv. 

O. K. 

Phi Beta Kappa. 

Philosophical Club. 

Pierian Sodality. 

Pi Eta Society. 

Polo Club. 

Porcellian Club. 

Pow Wow. 

Shakspere Club. 

Shooting Club. 

Signet. 

St. Paul's Society. 

Tennis Association. 

Thayer Law Club. 

Theta Delta Chi. 

Total Abstinence League. 

Zeta Psi. 



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PRESIDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY 

SINCE ITS FOUNDATION TO THE PRESENT TIME. 



HENRY DUNSTER, 1640-1654. 

CHARLES CHAUNCY, 1654-1671. 

LEONARD HOAR, 1672-1674. 

URIAN OAKES, 1675-1681. 

JOHN ROGERS, 1682-1684. 

INCREASE MATHER, 1685-1701. 

SAMUEL WILLARD, 1701-1707. 

JOHN LEVERETT, 1707-1724. 

BENJAMIN WADSWORTH, 1725-1736. 

EDWARD HOLYOKE, r737-i769. 

SAMUEL LOCKE, 1770-1773. 

SAMUEL LANGDON, 1774-1780. 

JOSEPH WILLARD, 1781-1804. 

SAMUEL WEBBER, 1806-1810. 

JOHN THORNTON KIRKLAND, 1810-1828. 

JOSIAH QUINCY, 1829-1845. 

EDWARD EVERETT, 1 846-1 849. 

JARED SPARKS, 1849-1853. 

JAMES WALKER, 1853-1860. 

CORNELIUS CONWAY FELTON, 1860-1862. 

THOMAS HILL, 1862-1868. 

CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT, 1869- 



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GOVERNMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY. 



CORPORATION. 

PRESIDENT. 

Charles William Eliot, LL.D,, Cambridge. 

FELLOWS. 

Francis Parkman, A.M., 50 Chestnut St., Boston. 
Martin Brimmer, A.B., 47 Beacon St., Boston. 
John Quincy Adams, A.B., Quincy. 
William Crowninshield Endicott, LL.D., Salem. 
Ephraim Whitman Gurney, A.B., Cambridge. 

TREASURER. 

Edward William Hooper, A.B., LL.B., Cambridge. 

OVERSEERS. 

The President and Treasurer of the University, ex 
officio t and the following persons elected by the Alumni : — 
Charles Francis Adams, Jr., A.B., Quincy. 
Phillips Brooks, D.D., 233 Clarendon St., Boston. 
James Freeman Clarke, D.D., Woodside Ave., Jamaica 

Plain. 
Charles Russell Codman, A.M., LL.B., Brookline. 
William Crowninshield Endicott^ LL.D., Salem. 
John Fiske, A.M., LL.B., Cambridge. 



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Samuel Abbott Green, A.M., M.D., 72 Harrison Ave., 

Boston. 
Edward Everett Hale, D.D., 39 Highland St., Roxbury. 
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, IAj.T)., President, Concord. 
Richard Manning Hodges, A.M., M.D., 67 Marlborough 

St., Boston. 
Henry Purkitt Kidder, 2 Newbury St., Boston. 
Amos Adams Lawrence, A.M., Brookline. 
Henry Lee, A.M., 96 Beacon St., Boston. 
Solomon Lincoln, A.M. , LL.B. , 241 Boylston St. , Boston. 
Henry Cabot Lodge, LL.B., Ph.D., Nahant. 
John Lowell, A.M., LL.B., Chestnut Hill. 
Theodore Lyman, A.B., S.B., Brookline. 
John Torrey Morse, Jr., A.B., 9 Fairfield St., Boston. 
Robert McNeil Morse, A.B., Prince St., Jamaica Plain. 
Francis Edward Parker, A.B., LL.B., i Beacon St., 

Boston. 
Andrew Preston Peabody, D.D., LL.D., Cambridge. 
William Goodwin Russell, LL.B., LL.D., 178 Beacon 

St., Boston. 
Leverett Saltonstall, A.m., Chestnut Hill. 
John Osborne Sargent, A.M., 28 E. 35th St., New 

York, N. Y. 
Edwin Pliny Seaver, A.M., Newton Highlands. 
Robert Dickson Smith, A.M., LL.B., 48 Mt. Vernon 

St., Boston. 
MooRFiELD Storey, A.M., Brookline. 
Charlemagne Tower, A.M., 1525 Spruce St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 
Francis Minot Weld, A.M., M.D., 28 W. 20th St., New 

York, N. Y. 
Morrill Wyman, A.M., M.D., Cambridge. 

secretary. 
Alexander McKenzie, D.D., Cambridge. 



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PROFESSORS, INSTR06T0RS, AND OTHER 
OFFlgERS. 

( The residence is Cambridge, unless otherwise stated.) 





ABBREVIATIONS. 


c. 


College House. H'j 


Holworthy Hall. 


D. 


Divinity Hall. M. 


Matthews Hall. 


G. 


Grays Hall. S. 


Stoughton Hall. 


H. 


HoUis Hall. T. 


Thayer Hall. 


H'ke 


Holyoke House. W. 


Weld Hall. 



Alexander Agassiz, A.B., S.B., Curator of the 

Museum of Comfarative Zoology, 36 Qiiincy St. 

Frederic De Forest Allen, Ph.D., Professor 

of Classical Philology^ 18 Sumner St. 

James Barr Ames, A.M., LL.B., Bussey Profes- 
sor of Law, II Frisbie PI. 

John Himes Arnold, Librarian of the Law 

School, 10 Frisbie PI. 

William Henry Baker, M.D., Assistant Pro- 
fessor of Gynaecology, 10 Beacon St., Boston. 

George Alonzo Bartlett, Assistant Professor 

of Germaji, Beck Hall 27. 

Henry Jacob Bigelow, M.D., LL.D., Professor 

of Surgery, Emeritus, 52 Beacon St., Boston. 

Clarence John Blake, M.D., Instructor in 

Otology, 226 Marlborough St., Boston. 

Ferdinand B6cher, A.M., Professor of Modern 

Languages, 12 Holyoke PI. 

Henry Pickering Bowditch, A.M., yi.T>., Pro- 
fessor of Physiology 1 and Dean of the Medical 
Faculty, Jamaica Plain. 



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Francis Bowen, LL.D., Alford Professor of 
Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy^ and 
Civil Polity, 9 Pollen St. 

Charles Albert Brackett, D.M.D., Professor 

of Dental Pathology ayid Therapeutics, Newport, R. L 
Edward Hickling Bradford, A.M., M.D,, ^5- 

sistant in Clinical Surgery, 150 Boylston St., Boston. 
Edward Cornelius Briggs, M.D., D.M.D., In- 
structor in Dental Materia Medica, 

I Mt. Vernon St., Boston. 
Le Baron Russell Briggs, A.M., Instructor in 

English, 56 Buckingham St. 

William Elwood Byerly, Ph.D., Professor of 

Mathematics, H'y 20. 

Lucien Carr, A.m., Assistant Curator of the 

Peabody Museum, 344 Beacon St., Boston. 

James Read Chadwick, A.M., M.D., I?istructor 

in Diseases of Women, 270 Clarendon St., Boston. 
Thomas Henderson Chandler, A.M., D.M.D., 
Professor of Mechanical Dentistry, and Dean 
of the Defital Faculty, Hotel Bristol, Boston. 

Edward Channing, Ph.D., Instructor in His- 
tory, M. 40. 
David Williams Cheever, A.B., M.D., Pro- 
fessor of Surgery, 239 Boylston St., Boston. 
Francis James Child, Ph.D., LL.D., Professor 

of English, 67 Kirkland St. 

William Bradford Shubrick Clymer, A.B., 

Instructor in English^ Channing St. 

Adolphe Cohn, LL.B., A.M., Instructor in 

French, 77 Brattle St. 

Josiah Parsons Cooke, A.M., LL.D., Erving 
Professor of Chemistry atid Mineralogy, and 
Director of the Chemical Laboratory, 25 Quincy St. 



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James Greenleaf Croswell, A.B., Assistant 

Professor of Greek and Latin, 28 Holjoke St. 

Elbridge Gerry Cutler, A.B., 'M.-T)., Instructor 

in Auscultation, 89 Bojlston St, Boston. 

Allen Danforth, A.M., Bursar, Wadsworth House 7. 

Francis Henry Davenport, A.B., M.D., Assist- 
ant in Gynaecology, 5 Park Sq., Boston. 

Arthur Gorham Davis, Keeper of Corporation 

Accounts and Records, 70 Water St., Boston. 

William Morris Davis, M.E., Instructor in Ge- 
ology, 2 Bond St. 

Franklin Dexter, Instructor in Histology^ 

56 Beacon St., Boston. 

Frank Winthrop Draper, A.B., M.D., Assist- 
ant Professor of Legal Medicine, 

36 Worcester St., Boston. 

Charles Franklin Dunbar, A.B., Professor of 

Political Economy, 14 Highland St. 

Samuel Holmes Durgin, M.D., Lecturer on 

Hygiene, 579 Tremont St., Boston. 

Thomas Dwight, A.B., M.T).,Parkman Professor 

of Anatomy, 235 Beacon St., Boston. 

Louis Dyer, A.B., Assistant Professor of Greek 

and Latin, 104 Mt. Auburn St. 

Robert Thaxter Edes, A.B., M.D., Jackson 
Professor of Clinical Medicine, 

76 Marlborough St., Boston. 

John Rayner Edmands, S.B., Assistant in the 

Observatory, 46 Concord Ave. 

Samuel Atkins Eliot, K.^., President' s Secre- 
tary, G. 43. 

William Carroll Emerson, A.B.,M.D., -^55/5/- 

ant in Chemistry, 7 Somerset St., Boston. 

Ephraim Emerton, Ph.D., Winn Professor of 

Ecclesiastical History, 58 Shepard St. 



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Charles Carroll Everett, D.D., Bussey Pro- 
fessor of Theology, and Dean of the Divinity 
Faculty, 53 Garden St. 

William Gilson Farlow, A.M., M.D., Professor 
of Cryftogamic Botany. 

Charles Edward Faxon, S.B., Assistant in the 

Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain. 

Walter Faxon, A.B., S.D., Assistant Professor 

of Zoology, 46 Trowbridge St. 

William Wallace Fknn,A.B., Assistant itt En- 
glish, T. 18. 

J. Walter Fewkes, Ph.D., Assistant in charge 

of Radiates, 12 Arlington St. 

Thomas Fillebrown, D.M.D., Professor of Op- 
erative Dentistry, 134 Bojlston St., Boston. 

Theodore Willis Fisher, M.D., Instructor in 

Mental Diseases, Lunatic Hospital, So. Boston. 

Lyman Beecher Fisk, A.B., Auditor of Dining 

Association, 7 Sumner St. 

Reginald Heber Fitz, A.M., M.D., Shattuck 
Professor of Pathological Anatomy, 

18 Arlington St., Boston. 

Charles Follen Folsom, A.M.,M.D.,^55«/fa»^ 
Professor of Mental Diseases, 

15 Marlborough St., Boston. 

KuNO Francke, Ph.D., Instructor in German, S. 21. 

William Whitworth Gannett, A.B., M.D., 
Instructor in Auscultation, and Assistant in 
Pathological Anatomy, no Bojlston St., Boston. 

George Minot Garland, A.B., M.D., Assistant 

in Clinical Medicine, Hotel Aubrey, Boston. 

Samuel Garman, Assistant in Herpetology and 

Ichthyology, D. il. 

Lewis Edwards Gates, A.B., Assistant in Fo- 

rensics, H'ke 33. 



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VISITOR'S GUIDE TO 



WoLCOTT GiBBS, M.D., LL.D., Rumf or d Profes- 
sor and Lecturer on the Application of Sci- 
ence to the Useful Arts, lo Craigie St. 

William Benjamin Goldsmith, A.M., M.D., 
Instructor in Mental Diseases, 

State Lunatic Hospital, Danvers. 

George Lincoln Goodale, A.M., M.D., Pro- 
fessor of Botany, and Director of the Botanic 
Garden, 8 Craigie St. 

William Watson Goodwin, Ph.D., LL.D., Eliot 

Professor of Greek Literature, 5 FoUen St. 

George Franklin Grant, D.M.D., Instructor 
in Treatment of Cleft Palate and Cognate 
Diseases, 86 Pincknej St., Boston. 

Asa Gray, M.D., LL.D., Fisher Professor of 
Natural History, and Director of the Her- 
barium^ Botanic Garden. 

John Chipman Gray, A.M., LL.B., Royall Pro- 
fessor of Law, 176 Beacon St., Boston. 

Charles Montraville Green, A.B., M.D.,^5- 

sistant in Obstetrics, 78 Marlborough St., Boston. 

John Orne Green, A.M., M.D., I?istructor in 

Otology, 15 Mt. Vernon St., Boston. 

Francis Boott Greenough, A.M., M.D., In- 
structor in Syphilis, lo Charles St., Boston. 

James Bradstreet Greenough, A.B,, Professor 

of Latin, 3 Brewster PL 

Ephraim Whitman Gurney, A.B., University 

Professor of History, 10 Fayerweather St. 

Hermann August Hagen, M.D., Ph.D., Pro- 
fessor of Entomology, 7 Putnam Ave. 

Edwin Herbert Hall, Ph.D., Instructor in 

Physics, 5 Avon St. 

Charles E. Hamlin, A.M., Assistant in Con- 

chology and Palaeontology^ 1 1 Mellen St. 



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Charles Harrington, A.B., M.D., Assistant in 

Chemistry, 19 Exeter St., Boston. 

Francis Augustine Harris, A.B., M.D., Z>e/«- 
onstrator of Medico-legal Examinatio7ts, 

43 Hancock St., Boston. 
Robert Henri Harrison, D.V.S., /;^5/rac/or ?'« 
Anatomy, and Assistant Surgeon in the Vet- 
erinary Hospital, 50 Village St., Boston. 
Albert Bushnell Hart, Ph.D., Instructor in 

American History, H. 7. 

Adams Sherman Hill, A.B., LL.B., Boylston 

Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, Reservoir St. 
Henry Barker Hill, A.M., Professor of Chem- 
istry, Hammond St. 
William Barker Hills, A.B., M.D., Assistant 

Professor of Chemistry, 54 Langdon St. 

Oliver Wendell Holmes, M.D., LL.D., Pro- 
fessor of Anatomy, Emeritus, 

296 Beacon Street, Boston. 
John Homans, A.B., M.D., Instructor in the Di- 
agnosis and Treatmefit of Ovarian Tumors, 

161 Beacon St., Boston. 
Charles Joseph Hubbard, A.B., Secretary, 

45 Trowbridge St. 
Oliver Whipple Hvi^iTiNGTOT^i, A.B., Instructor 

in Mineralogy, 25 Quincj St. 

Charles Loring Jackson, A.M., Professor of 

Chemistry, H'j 11. 

Robert Tracy Jackson, S.B., Assistant in Geol- 
ogy, 89 Charles St., Boston. 
Henry Barton Jacobs, A.B., Assistant in Bot- 
any, G. 5. 
William James. M.D., Assistant Professor of 

Philosophy, 15 Appian Way. 



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VISITOR'S GUIDE TO 



Henry Dixon Jones, A.B., Instructor in Elocu- 
tion^ S. 7. 
William Albert Keener, LL.B., Assistant 

Professor of Law, 71 North Ave. 

Nathaniel Thayer Kidder, Instructor in Bot- 
any, Milton. 
Thomas J. Kiernan, Assistant in the Library, 

25 Trowbridge St. 
Frederick Bradford Knapp, S.B., Instructor 
in Surveying- and Drawing, and Superinten- 
dent of Buildings and Grounds, Arlington. 
Frederick Irving Knight, M.D., Assistant 

Professor of Laryttgology, 131 Boylston St., Boston. 
Alfred Church Lane, A.B., Instructor in 

Mathematics, S. 16. 

George Martin Lane, Ph.D., Pope Professor 

of Latin, 42 Quincj St. 

William Coolidge Lane, A.B., Assistant in the 

Library, 19 Oxford St. 

Christopher Columbus Langdell, LL.D., 
Dane Professor of Law, and Dean of the 
Law Faculty, 37 Quincj St. 

Charles Rockwell Lanman. Ph.D., Professor 

of Sanskrit, H. 21. 

James Gray Lathrop, Assistant in Physical 

Training. 
James Laurence Laughlin, Ph.D., Assistant 

Professor of Political Economy, loi Brattle St. 

Warren Andrew Locke, A.M., Organist and 

Choir-Master, 10 Putnam Ave. 

Joseph Lovering, LL.D., Hollis Professor of 
Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, and 
Director of the Jefferson Physical Labora- 
tory, 38 Kirkland St. 



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59 



James Russell Lowell, D.C.L., LL.D., Smith 
Professor of the French and Spanish Lan- 
guages and Literatures^ and Professor of 
Belles Lett res ^ 
Frederick Lutz, A.B., Tutor in German, H'j 3. 

Charles Parker Lyman, Y.^.CY .'^..Professor 

of Veterinary Medicine, 50 Village St., Boston. 

Theodore Lyman, A.B., S.B., Assistant in Zo- 
ology, Brookline. 
David Gordon Lyon, Ph.D., Hollis Professor 

of Divinity, Lowell St. 

Silas Marcus Macvane, A.B., Assistant Pro- 
fessor of History, 46 Langdon St. 
Edward Laurens Mark, Ph.D., Assistant Pro- 
fessor of Zoology, 48 Shepard St. 
Arthur Richmond Marsh, A.B., Lecturer on 

A7icient Art, Dedham. 

Nathan Frederic Merrill, Ph.D., ^55/5^a«/z« 

Organic Chemistry, G. 24. 

James Metivier, A.B., Instructor in French^ 

16 Shepard St. 
Charles Sedgwick Minot, S.D., Instructor in 

Histology and Embryology, 25 Mt. Vernon St., Boston. 
Francis Minot, A.M., M.D., Hersey Professor 
of the Theory and Practice of Physic, 

65 Marlborough St., Boston. 
Samuel Jason Mixter, M.D., Assistant Demon- 
strator of Anatomy, 180 Marlborough St., Boston. 
Charles Herbert Moore, Instructor in Draw- 
ing and Principles of Design, 19 Follen St. 
Thomas Motley, A.M., Instructor in Farming, 

Jamaica Plain. 
Bennett Hubbard Nash, A.M., Professor of 

Italian and Spanish, 252 Beacon St., Boston. 



6o VISITOR'S GUIDE TO 

Otis Kimball Newell, M.D. , Assistant in Anat- 
omy, 812 Tremont St., Boston. 

William Whiting Nolen, A.B., Assistant in 

Biology, Little's Block 6. 

Charles Eliot Norton, A.M., LL.D., Professor 

of the History of Art, Kirkland St. 

Walter Joseph Otis, M.D., Assistant in Oper- 
ative Surgery, 6 Beacon St., Boston. 

Joseph Pearson Oliver, M.D., Instructor in 

Diseases of Children, 150 Bojlston St., Boston. 

John Knowles Paine, A.M., Professor of Music, 

Hawthorn St. 

George Herbert Palmer, A.M., Professor of 

Philosophy, S. 27. 

Charles Pomeroy Parker, A.B., Tutor in 

Greek and Latin, 467 Broadway. 

Andrew Preston Peabody, D.D., LL.D., 
Preacher to the University, and Plummer 
Professor of Christian Morals, JSmeritus, 

n Quincy St. 

Francis Greenwood Peabody, A.M., D.B., 

Parkmati Professor of Theology, 57 Shepard St. 

Benjamin Osgood Peirce, Ph.D., Assistant 

Professor of Mathematics and Physics, Waverl j. 

James Mills Peirce, A.M., University Professor 
of Mathematics, and Secretary of the Aca- 
demic Coujicil, 4 Kirkland Pl. 

Edward Charles Pickering, A.M., S.B., Phil- 
lips Professor of Astronomy, and Professor 
of Geodesy^ and Director of the Obset'vatory, 

Observatory. 

Charles Burnham Porter, A.B., M.D., Assist- 
ant Professor in Surgery, 5 Arlington St., Boston. 

Abner Post, A.B., M.D., Instructor in Syphilis, 

581 Tremont St., Boston. 



HARVARD COLLEGE. 6 1 

Henry Preble, A.B., Tutor in Greek atid Latin, M. 7. 

Frederick Ward Putnam, A.M., Curator Pea- 
body Museum, 32 Irving St. 

James Jackson Putnam, A.B., M.D., Instructor 
in Diseases of the Nervous System, 

63 Marlborough St., Boston. 

Henry Parker Quincy, A.M., M.D., /;/5/r?/cz'cr 

in Histology, Dedham. 

John Phillips Reynolds, A.M., M.D., Profes- 
sor of Obstetrics, 236 Clarendon St., Boston. 

Maurice Howe Richardson, A.B., M.D., De7n- 
o?istrator of Anatomy, ajid Assistajit i7i Sur- 
gery, 66 Beacon St., Boston. 

William Lambert Richardson, A.M., M.D., 
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, 

76 Bojlston St., Boston. 

John Ritchie, Jr., Assistant in the Observatory, 

57 E. Chester Park, Boston. 

William Augustus Rogers, A.M., Assistant 

Professor of Astronomy, 65 Frost St. 

Thomas Morgan Rotch, A.B., M.D., Instructor 
in Diseases of Children, 

197 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. 

JosiAH RoYCE, Ph.D., Instructor in Philosophy 

and Forensics, 14 Sumner St. 

Charles Robert Sanger, Ph.D., Assistant in 

Chemistry, 472 Broadway. 

Charles Sprague Sargent, A.B., Arnold Pro- 
fessor of Arboriculture, and Director of the 
Arnold Arboretmn, Brookline. 

Dudley Allen Sargent, A.B., M.D., Assistant 
Professor of Physical Training, and Director 
of the Hemenivay Gymnasiujn, 17 Kirkland St. 

Henry Edvv^ards Scott, A.B., Instructor in 

History, T. 54. 



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Arthur Searle, A.M., Assistant Professor of 

Astronomy, 12 Madison St. 

Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, S.T>., Professor 

of Palaeontology , 13 Bow St. 

Frederick Cheever Shattuck, A.M., M.D., 
Instructor in the Theory and Practice of 
Medicine, 135 Marlborough St., Boston. 

Edward Stevens Sheldon, A.B., Assistant 

Professor of Romance Philology, 42 Shepard St. 

John Langdon Sibley, A.M., Librarian Emer- 
itus, 9 Phillips PI. 

Clement Lawrence Smith, A.M., Professor of 

Latin, and Dean of the College Faculty, 64 Sparks St. 

Francis Humphreys Storer, S.B., A.M., Pro- 
fessor of Agricultural Chemistry, and Dean 
of the Bussey Listitution, 182 Bojlston St., Boston. 

Jeremiah Joseph Sullivan, Steward of the 

Dining Hall, 9 Antrim St. 

Frank William Taussig, Ph.D., Instructor in 

Political Economy, W. 7. 

James Bradley Thayer, A.B., LL.B.,i^/'<?/e55o;' 

of Lavj, 5 Phillips PI. 

Joseph Henry Thayer, D.D., Bussey Professor 
of New Testament Criticism and Inter;preta- 
tion^ 67 Sparks St. 

William Henry Tillinghast, A.B., Assistant 

in the Library, Arlington. 

Henry Warren Torrey, LL.D., McLean Pro- 
fessor of Ancient and Modern History, 20 Oxford St. 

Crawford Howell Toy, LL.D., Hancock Pro- 
fessor of Hebrew and other Oriental Lan- 
guages, and Dexter Lecturer on Biblical 
Literature, Lowell St. 

John Trowbridge, S.D., Professor of Physics, 

Linnaean St. 



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M. Edward Wadsworth, Ph.D., Assistant in 

Litkology, 40 Shepard St. 

Oliver Fairfield Wadsworth, A.M., M.D., 

Instructor in OptkalmoscoPy, 139 Bojlston St., Boston. 
Joseph Ellsworth Waitt, D.M.D., Demon- 
strator in Mechanical and Operative Dentis- 
try ^ 18 Williams St., Roxburj. 
John Collins Warren, A.B., M.D., Assistant 

Professor in Surgery ^ 58 Beacon St., Boston. 

Benjamin Marston Watson, A.B., Instructor 

in Horticulture, Jamaica Plain. 

Joseph Weatherhead Warren, A.B., M.D., 
Instructor in Experitnental Therapeutics, 
and Assistant in Physiology, 107 Bojlston St., Boston. 
Sereno Watson, Ph.D., Curator of the Her- 
barium, Botanic Garden. 
Samuel Gilbert Webber, K.^.,y[..T>., histrnc- 
tor in Diseases of the Nervous System, 

133 Bojlston St., Boston. 
HoLLis Webster, K.^., Instructor iti Botany, 

Little's Block 6. 
Gustave Weinschenk, University Printer, i Revere St. 
Barrett Wendell, A.B., Instructor in English, G. 18. 
Oliver Clinton Wendell, A.M., Assistant in 

the Observatory, 18 Saville St. 

George Webb '^^ST,K.^.,yi.T>., Demonstrator 
of Bandaging and Apparatus, 

70 Chestnut St., Boston. 
Horace Leslie Wheeler, A.M., Librarian of 

the Divinity School, D. 40. 

Charles Joyce White, A.M., Assistant Profes- 
of Mathematics, and Registrar of the College 
Faculty, W. 36 

James Clarke White, A.B., M.D., Pr^55or 0/ 

Dermatology, 10 Park Sq., Boston. 



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John Williams White, Ph.D., Professor of 

Greek, 14 Avon St. 

Harold Whiting, Ph.D., Instructor in Physics, 

3 Garden St. 

C. O. Whitman, Ph.D., Assistant in Zoology, 

153 Mt. Auburn St. 

JosiAH DwiGHT Whitney, LL.D., Sturgis 

Hoo;per Professor of Geology^ 12 Oxford St. 

William Fiske Whitney, A.B., M.D., Curator 
of the Anatomical Museum, and Secretary of 
the Medical Faculty, 228 Marlborough St., Boston. 

Edward Newton Whittier, A.M., M.D., As- 
sistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, 

37 Hancock St., Boston. 

Charles Herbert Williams, M.D., Instructor 

in ophthalmology , 15 Arlington St., Boston. 

Francis Henry Williams, M.D., Instructor in 

Materia Medica, 100 Bojiston St., Boston. 

Henry Willard Williams, A.M., M.D., Pro- 
fessor of Ophthalmology, 15 Arlington St., Boston. 

Charles Wilson, D.M.D., Instructor in Ortho- 

do7itia, 47 Alien St., Boston. 

Justin Winsor, A.B., Librarian, 'j^ Sparks St. 

Edward Stickney Wood, A.M., M.D., Profes- 
sor of Chemistry, 14 Chauncj St. 

Abram Van Eps Young, Ph.B., Assistant in 

Chemistry, 5 AUston St., Boston. 

Ernest Young, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of 

History, 26 Trowbridge St. 



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